Sound And Vision: Pascal Laugier

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Mylène Farmer's City of Love, directed by Pascal Laugier. If one thing connects the horror works of Pascal Laugier together, it is the idea of empathy as a monstrous force. That is a double-edged sword in this case, as it can mean both that his films have some empathy for the monsters, or that empathy itself is seen as monstrous. Spoilers from here on out, to be able to discuss this theme proper. Both forms of monstrous empathy are the case in Martyrs, in which the antagonists at the beginning turn out to be antiheroes, and the victims at the start turn...

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